Well, I met lots of people yesterday. There are about 1200 folks here, all from "large" United Methodist Churches. The conference defines large as more than 350 in attendance.
I met people from Texas, Georgia, North Dakota, just about everywhere. There is one other person here from Missouri. Oh, yes for those of you who do not know, I am in Florida at a conference for large church staff. I will be home on Thursday.
Just like everywhere else, when you meet someone, the conversation usually, often quickly gets around to what you do for a living. "Are you a pastor, or are you on staff?" "Are you the Senior Pastor?" I like to tell them that I am not old enough to be the senior pastor.
You know, a persons vocation doesn't always tell you who they are. If I tell you that I am a taxi driver, does that tell you who I am? I am a school teacher, I am an accountant, I am retired, I work in retail. Does any of that tell you who I am? Maybe we don't want to know who people really are.
What if instead of asking, "what do you do for a living," we said something like this: "it's nice to meet you, tell me three things that you think are important about life."
How should a pastor answer that?
three things......
"Father, Son and Holy Ghost."
How about these three things: faith, family and friends.
What are three things that you think are important about life? And pick three that I have not used. Good work for our hearts, souls and minds. Just to make it harder for you to pick three things that I have not used, I also celebrate: life itself, love and pets.
It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.
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Charity....empathy....honor
Thanks for the opportunity to remember what's important.
Travel safe -
God's Word, prayers, pets
Prayer, humility, grief. Why grief? Without grief, we can't know joy.
Peace, Patience, and Passion
Nature/Universe...sunrise and set, moon and stars, woods, rivers, mountains, oceans.... experience them appreciate that gift,
Physical Labor....working with your hands sets the mind and soul free... Art/The Arts....what I gift some have been blessed with
Walk with God, Prayer, Relationships...
-Time (It really is all weve got)
-In depth conversations and actions: (It seems we spend all our time looking for this)
-Perpectual Motion: Always striving to improve (I have a SO far to go!)
GB
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